I've been out of the country for a few weeks and am now just catching up with all the posts. Looks good Sean. Sooner or later I'll be make a rack for my float tubes.

One thing I've been toying with is something I picked up from looking at a friend's old school range rover. Since it was built to be driven in africa with no air conditioning, it has a double layer roof. Basically, the roof has a second skin of sheetmetal that allows air to free flow underneath it, thus keeping it cooler inside. Since I live in Arizona, I'm thinking I could do the same with my roof rack, so instead of using expanded metal, I'd use a thin sheet of aluminum.

On a side note, Mike, I didn't know you fly fished!